Elgin Baylor had the most games by a forward with 40+ points, with 88 games.

Interpreted as:

active forward most 40 or more pts regular-season games

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	88	3,995		45.4					17.1						11.2	13.9	80.5											309
2	LeBron James L. James	77	3,430	41.6	44.5	8.7	7.0	1.7	0.9	15.7	26.6	58.9	3.8	7.4	51.0	9.4	11.9	79.3	69.9	1.6	7.1	3.7	3,205	670	541	131	71	284	143	+630
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	71	3,101	41.4	43.7	8.0	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.0	3.8	7.9	48.5	10.3	11.5	89.5	70.5	0.8	7.2	3.7	2,942	571	326	83	84	265	171	+398
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	70	3,165	42.8	45.2	8.3	5.3	2.9		17.5	33.3	52.5				10.2	11.3	90.3	59.0			3.2	2,999	578	374	100		19	230
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	56	2,514	36.6	44.9	13.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	16.5	25.1	65.9	1.3	3.4	39.1	10.5	14.6	72.2	71.3	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,048	728	306	65	69	183	158	+374
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	56	2,493	41.0	44.5	7.7	3.0	1.9	0.7	16.4	29.1	56.3	1.2	2.4	50.0	10.6	12.3	86.2	64.5	3.3	4.3	3.0	2,296	429	166	105	39	167	108
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	52	2,271	42.1	43.7	7.1	4.5		0.1	15.8	23.7	66.5	0.0			12.2	14.4	84.6	72.8				2,188	369	236		4		171
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2,077	42.5	44.2	10.7	6.2	1.9		17.2	28.5	60.3	1.5	3.4	44.1	8.3	8.9	93.1	68.1				1,996	504	293	87			117
9	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	47	2,075		44.1					16.1						11.9	14.6	81.6											159
10	Bernard King B. King	45	2,003	41.4	44.5	7.9	3.6			17.0	27.8	61.3	0.1	0.4	28.6	10.3	13.3	77.5	66.1				1,862	357	164				152
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	1,894	41.2	43.0	11.9	3.1	1.5	1.1	15.5	23.8	64.9	0.1	0.3	23.1	12.0	15.1	79.8	70.6	2.8	9.1	3.7	1,813	524	138	66	50	161	148	+103
12	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	36	1,586	42.3	44.1	7.6	2.9	1.2	0.6	15.9	27.6	57.7	3.0	5.6	53.2	9.2	10.6	86.4	68.2	2.1	5.4	2.5	1,521	272	103	42	22	91	130	+169
13	Alex English A. English	33	1,425	40.9	43.2	6.2	5.0			17.5	27.8	63.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	8.1	9.1	88.4	67.8			3.1	1,351	203	166			101	112
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	30	1,313	39.6	43.8	14.0	2.8	1.8	2.2	15.7	26.3	59.7	1.4	3.2	43.2	11.0	12.6	87.1	68.7	3.9	10.1	2.1	1,187	420	83	54	65	64	69	+261
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	29	1,282	39.0	44.2	8.6	4.7	0.9	0.8	14.6	25.6	57.1	5.9	11.2	52.8	9.1	10.2	88.9	73.5	1.0	7.7	2.1	1,131	250	135	27	22	62	65	+391
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	22	932	39.5	42.4	6.3	3.2	1.0	0.5	16.4	28.2	58.1	1.0	2.6	38.6	8.6	10.7	80.9	64.4	2.8	3.5	2.6	869	139	70	21	11	57	75
17	Paul George P. George	21	908	39.3	43.2	8.8	4.9	2.0	0.3	14.8	25.5	57.8	6.0	11.5	52.3	7.7	9.1	84.8	73.2	1.1	7.6	2.6	826	184	102	41	6	54	61	+153
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	21	893	43.0	42.5	13.8	3.1	2.3	0.9	14.9	22.7	65.6	1.1	3.0	35.9	11.6	14.8	78.7	72.8	5.8	8.0	3.9	903	289	66	49	18	82	66	+16
19	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	19	827		43.5					18.0						7.5	9.2	82.2
20	Purvis Short P. Short	18	796	42.2	44.2	5.7	3.2	1.2	0.1	16.9	28.7	59.0	0.9	2.2	41.0	9.4	10.6	89.5	66.3	2.6	3.1	2.9	759	102	58	22	2	53	62
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17	726	42.1	42.7	10.2	2.6	1.1	1.2	13.9	25.9	53.6	2.2	4.6	48.1	12.7	13.7	92.7	66.9	2.1	8.1	2.2	716	173	45	18	21	38	40	+146
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	17	745	42.3	43.8	7.9	4.4	1.6	1.2	15.2	27.5	55.2	3.8	7.6	50.4	9.6	11.2	86.3	67.7	2.5	5.4	2.7	719	134	74	27	20	46	58	+165
23	Glen Rice G. Rice	16	692	44.9	43.3	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.2	14.8	24.6	60.2	4.3	6.9	61.3	9.4	10.4	89.8	74.0	1.1	4.1	2.1	719	83	41	17	3	34	38	+93
24	John Drew J. Drew	16	686	38.3	42.9	12.4	2.4			15.3	26.8	57.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	12.3	16.0	76.6	63.4				612	199	39				63
25	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	16	711		44.4					16.6						11.2	13.6	82.5											62